CBH Rechtsanwälte covers individual and collective employment law comprehensively and focuses on works councils and employee representatives negotiations, litigation and advice to executives and management boards. Recently, the practice also frequently assisted with compliance and whistleblower issues. Expertise in employment matters in the public sector and staff representation law complement its offering.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Always approachable and very professional.'

  • 'We recommend our contact Jörg Laber!'

  • 'Easy to reach, top-notch expertise, fair hourly rates.'

  • 'Ernst Eisenbeis: Excellent expertise and very good industry knowledge; easy to reach; quick to respond.'

  • 'A perfect team; personalities who have found each other, can approach each other and have respect and appreciation for each other.'

  • 'For me, Volker Werxhausen is the magician in court and a source of ideas.'

  • 'Always available in a timely manner, focused, professional and flexible. Always friendly!'

  • 'Kamil Niewiadomski: Very committed and solution-oriented. Absolutely reliable billing without artificial additional work; sustainable, time-saving and solution-oriented.'

Key clients

  • BBT Gruppe
  • Die Autobahn GmbH
  • Trei Real Estate
  • Wolters Kluwer Gruppe
  • Zagope S.A.
  • Azelis Gruppe
  • Bergisch-Rheinischer Wasserverband in Haan
  • Bundesärztekammer
  • Carglass GmbH
  • Caritas e.V.
  • Chargecloud GmbH
  • Eishockeyverband NRW
  • EOS Partners GmbH
  • Erzbistum Köln
  • Furmanite
  • Heimbach
  • Hochschule für Polizei & öffentliche Verwaltung in NRW
  • KEC Kölner Eishockey Gesellschaft "Die Haie" GmbH
  • Kraftfahrt Ausbildung Rettig GmbH
  • Landkreis Kaiserslautern
  • Miltenyi BV & Co.KG
  • NORIKA GmbH
  • Oder-Spree Krankenhaus GmbH
  • OTTO Fuchs KG
  • Otto Röhrig Gesenkschmiede GmbH
  • Rettungsdienst im Landkreis Oder-Spree GmbH
  • Rhein-Erft-Verkehrsverband
  • sab GmbH
  • SAS (Scandinavian Airline System)
  • Schäfer Shop Cube GmbH & Co.KG
  • Siewert & Kau Gruppe
  • Stadt Monheim am Rhein
  • Tennant Company
  • TÜV Rheinland AG
  • Stadt Düren
  • Stadtwerke Bonn Verkehrs-GmbH
  • Van Mossel Automotive Group
  • Volksbank Köln Bonn eG
  • Westlotto
  • wewole Stiftung

Work highlights

  • Employment advice to Van Mossel Automotive Group on the acquisition of Hugo Pfohe GmbH with a focus on collective law and company pension schemes as well as social security law aspects.
  • Advising the Archdiocese of Cologne on the implementation of the internal reporting office; coordinating technical issues; staffing the internal reporting office and handling incoming whistleblower reports, including follow-up measures.
  • Advising a global chemical wholesaler on the separation from a European board member following the reporting and clarification of a major compliance breach to the detriment of a senior executive in Singapore.